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After 38 Years of Service, SU Treasurer Barbara Wells Announces Retirement; Successor Named
SU Treasurer Barbara Wells has announced her retirement from Syracuse University, effective Sept. 15, after 38 years of service. Wells has been responsible for overseeing the management of the University’s $1.3 billion of cash and long-term investments and $378 million…
Former Maxwell Dean Guthrie S. Birkhead Jr. Dies at 92
Guthrie S. Birkhead Jr., dean emeritus of the Maxwell School and a professor of public administration and political science for 50 years, died on July 22 in Syracuse. Birkhead served as Maxwell’s dean from 1977-88, after having taught at Maxwell…
TEDCenter Helps Retrain Individuals to Compete in Job Market
Stephanie Mayne is the human resource manager at M.S. Kennedy, a Liverpool company that has been designing and producing high-performance analog microelectronics for 40 years. She receives a flood of resumes for every job opening. It’s easy for Mayne to…
Dympna Callaghan Appointed Interim Director of SU Humanities Center
Shakespearean scholar has ‘deep commitment’ to humanities and liberal arts Dympna Callaghan, the William L. Safire Professor of Modern Letters and a renowned Shakespearean scholar in The College of Arts and Sciences, has been appointed interim director of the…
University to Host 28 Veterans for 2013 EBV Program
Syracuse University and the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) is hosting a new class of post-9/11 veterans for the seventh annual Barnes Family Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) program. The program, which is always offered at…
Professor Micere Mugo Tells Why Mandela Is a Great Man
Anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela turns 95 on July 18. Mandela, who became the first black president of South Africa after serving 27 years in prison under the repressive apartheid regime, has been hospitalized since June 8 with a serious lung…
Stripling Inaugurated as ALA President
School of Information Studies (iSchool) Assistant Professor of Practice Barbara Stripling was inaugurated as the president of the American Library Association (ALA) at the group’s annual summer conference in Chicago last week. As president of the ALA, Stripling will be the…
TracyLocke Establishes Scholarship Fund in Communications Design at VPA
TracyLocke, an Omnicom global agency led by president and CEO Beth Ann Kaminkow ’89, has established the TracyLocke Scholarship Fund for Communications Design in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. The fund will provide scholarship and financial support of…
Exploring the History of Sport
Stories of triumph over the human condition, cultural expressions and longstanding traditions are the basis of what makes sport relatable, entertaining and at times emotional. Michael Veley, director of the Department of Sport Management in the Falk College, and Professor of Practice Dennis Deninger wanted students to gain that deeper understanding.
Industrial and Interaction Design Program Celebrates Two National Awards
The industrial and interaction design (IID) program in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) is celebrating two national awards achieved by a faculty member and a recent alumna. Assistant Professor Kathleen Brandt is co-director of Syracuse University’s Thinklab,…